this plane was painted pre-airbrush using tamiya shaker cans, which work great but smell like chemical death! luckily, only one color to paint , dark usn blue. first time i had the pleasure and aggravation of using eduard photoetch.the kit [...]
I used the Tamiya P-51D mustang kit in 1/48 scale for this one. This started out to be a pain in the you know where build. I started out with Loon Models no cut conversion. It is 2 complete fuselage halves made out of resin and a separate [...]
Practice, practice, practice! This kit was used as practice for air brushing. the fit was terrible! The decals for low vis versions were 3 different shades! The only good thing about it was the decently detailed landing gear. Considered [...]
Background
The Grumman F6F Hellcat was a fighter aircraft descended from the earlier F4F Wildcat, but was a completely new design sharing only a familial resemblance to the Wildcat. Some tagged it as "Wildcat's big brother". The [...]
Let me begin by saying, first 1/32, first attempt with my new airbrush, and first time anyone, other than my ever so understanding of my addiction girlfriend, has seen my work. Been modeling for about two years now. Seriously for the last [...]
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Tamiya P47 D Bubbletop
Ultracast Seat
Superscale Decals 48-1185
Tamiya & Alclad paints
One of my personal favourites and plan to do more 405th FG aircraft.
Thanks
Darren
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Tamiya P47D Razorback
Ultracast Seat
Superscale Decals
Tamiya, Gunze & Alclad paints.
If you haven't guessed already, P47's are my favourite plane. The variation in markings and nose art (or fuselage art in some cases) [...]